Forge a new empire in south america

When Napoleon learned that his brother Joseph had safely reached the United States in 1817, he said, “If I were in his place, I would build a great empire in all of Spanish America.” If he had, he would have had the support of hundreds of Bonapartists that had enlisted in the patriot armies fighting for independence from Spain. This included General Michel Brayer, who had a brilliant career in Napoleon’s Grande Armée before briefly commanding the proindependence Chilean cavalry, while his imperial officer Nicolas-louis Raoul rose to the rank of Major General fighting in Guatemala. Several rumoured expeditions to rescue Napoleon from Saint Helena came out of Buenos Aires.